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The AutoUpdate feature of PoiEdit makes it possible to update poi files from
the internet on your computer or Mobile Device. Fully automatically every time
you click "AutoUpdate Now" or even whenever you connect your device!

You have to setup which files you want to download from which site, and also
what the locations (i.e. which directory on the computer or Mobile device) of
AutoUpdate files are. Some sites require user/password authorization, you have
to fill in this information too. The section explains how to do it...

Open the AutoUpdate Manager from PoiEdit using menu AutoUpdate|AutoUpdate
Manager. Select a site from the left-top list of available sites to find out
what kind of poi files it has to offer. The first time you do this, PoiEdit will
want to download the up-to-date poi file information from that site, please let
it do so. After a few seconds you will see a list of maps, groups and poi files
appears. Use these to navigate through the poi files the site has to offer. The
Auth column in the poi file list will indicate what level of
authorization is required to download the file:

None

The poi file can be downloaded without providing a username or
password

Registered

The poi file can only be downloaded if you've provided a username
and password in the "Set/Change password..." option. Details about
registering to a site can be found by going to that site using the
"Website" button.

Subscribed

The poi file can only be downloaded if you have registration
information for that site and a subscription to the poi file. Again,
details can be found on the site after clicking the "Website" button.

If you've made sure you are authorized to download poi files, you can mark
them for auto-updating by selecting the poi file or poi files and clicking the
+PDA button for Mobile ActiveSync devices (PocketPC or Smart Phone) or
the +Local button for syncing local files on your PC (or GPS systems that
require you to download the files on your PC before importing them to the GPS
system using some kind of tool that the manufacturer of the GPS has provided).
You will see a dialog from which you can select the location where you the poi
file(s) to be saved when they are synchronized. If you've selected the +PDA
button, make sure you've connected your Mobile Device, else you will get an
error message. If one or more files with the same name already exist in the
specified location, you will be asked if it is ok to overwrite them.

When you're all done you can try syncing the files you've setup by clicking
the AutoUpdate Now button. You can initiate the AutoUpdate from the main
PoiEdit window as well, either by menu AutoUpdate|AutoUpdate Now or by
pressing key F9. You can also start syncing by using the tray icon of PoiEdit or
even more automatically by setting PoiEdit up to start AutoUpdating as soon as
you insert your Mobile Device.

The installation program checks if you are logged in as an
administrator before it continues the installation. It does this because
some features cannot be setup properly if you do not start the installation
under administrator rights. Two things may cause this: 1) You are really not
logged in as an administrator. You can login as an administrator by pressing
ctrl+alt+del twice in the logon screen (Windows XP) and entering
Administrator as the user name and the administrator password as entered
during the installation of Windows. 2) You are logged in as an
administrator, but the installation does not detect this as such. This
problem has been reported a few times, and the cause is yet to be
discovered. However, you can continue the setup without problems (just click
"No" when asked to quit the installation), the only thing the setup will not
do is enable the "AutoUpdate upon device connect" (which you can turn on
later within the application), and neither will it install the AutoPlay
handlers which cause PoiEdit to AutoUpdate when an usb drive is connected.
Apart from these 2 items, the installation will correctly install PoiEdit
without limitations.

Some sites only allow you to download certain poi's when you are registered
to that site. In that case you need to fill in you username (on some sites this
is your email address) and password in the AutoUpdate manager, using the
Set/Change Password button. If you can't remember your username and/or password,
please, only refer to that update site for instructions.

In it simplest form, you'll have to publish a xml file on your website which
contains an entry for every poi-file you wish to publish. The file will have to
follow the format of the example below, taken from my own published xml file on
http://www.dnote.nl/pois.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pois>
<poi>
<!-- identifier of the poi -->
<description>ATM's, The Netherlands</description>
<!-- optional note that gives the user more info about the poi -->
<note>Original ATM's The Netherlands, compiled by Dnote, v2, better use poihandler.com instead!</note>
<!-- optional group the file belongs to, this makes it easier for users to navigate through the offered files -->
<group>ATM's</group>
<!-- url from which the poi file can be downloaded. The file is downloaded if the online file is newer than the user file -->
<url>http://www.dnote.nl/pda/poi/PoiEdit/files/Pin Automaten NL.ov2</url>
<!-- TomTom map in which this poi can be used. If not target towards tomtom usage, use the country name instead -->
<map>Benelux</map>
<!-- image to use for this poi -->
<image>http://www.dnote.nl/pda/poi/PoiEdit/files/ATM.bmp</image>
</poi>
<poi>
<description>ATM's, Belgium</description>
<note>Original ATMs Belgium, compiled by Dnote, v1, better use poihandler.com instead!</note>
<group>ATM's</group>
<url>http://www.dnote.nl/pda/poi/PoiEdit/files/Pin Automaten BE.ov2</url>
<map>Benelux</map>
<image>http://www.dnote.nl/pda/poi/PoiEdit/files/ATM.bmp</image>
</poi>
</pois>

If you're getting errors like "Unable to start application"
from Windows upon connecting your ActiveSync device, or AutoUpdate does not
start at all, the startup settings in the registry are probably corrupted or
missing. You can reapply these settings by going to the AutoUpdate Manager,
Settings tab and uncheck and recheck the setting "Update upon ActiveSync
connect" if you're using an ActiveSync device and/or "Update upon USB
connect" when you are using a USB drive device (f.e. Garmin Nüvi, or an USB
stick you keep your poi's on):

Due to many problems users were getting using the old download
engine inside PoiEdit, it was decided (from v3.8) to use the Internet
Explorer download engine instead. This assures that if you have a working
Internet Explorer, PoiEdit is also working properly. A small downside to
this is that if you cannot use Internet Explorer (e.g. due to company
policy), it is possible that PoiEdit will also fail to download and do
AutoUpdates.

You get this message when starting up Pocket PoiEdit and have
not yet transferred the AutoUpdate settings from PoiEdit on the PC to the
mobile device. You solve this problem by sending the settings from PoiEdit
on the PC using the AutoUpdate Manager (tab All Items/Pocket PoiEdit -> Send
selected items to Pocket PoiEdit).

Yes, PoiEdit features a few command line options which you can use to control
PoiEdit externally:/tray
Tells PoiEdit to stay hidden in the tray of the Windows Task Bar/update
Tells PoiEdit AutoUpdate all items/silent
Tells PoiEdit to hide dialogs that might appear from errors during the
AutoUpdate or overwrite file prompts (files will always be overwritten in
/silent mode)

A typical command line that you could use in a scheduler would be:"c:\Program Files\Dnote Software\Poi Edit\PoiEdit.exe" /tray /update /silent
(the exact path depends on how you installed PoiEdit).